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2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trust in Women\u2019s Civil Society Organizations in Central and Eastern Europe: Results From a Survey Experiment<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pietrzyk-Reeves, Dorota, Pickering, Paula M., Pospieszna, Paulina, McMahon, Patrice, & Sundstrom, Lisa M. 2026. Problems of Post-Communism, 1\u201313. <\/p>\n

Institutionalizing Democratic Innovations in Poland: Mapping the Evolution of Citizens’ Assemblies through Rules of Procedure<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, Paulina, and Marta Hoffmann. 2025. Politics and Governance<\/em> 14 14<\/em>, Article 10596. <\/p>\n

Poland and democracy promotion<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, Paulina & Tsveta Petrova. 2025. In: The Oxford Handbook of Polish Politics. <\/i>Katarzyna Grzybowska-Walecka, Simona Guerra and Fernando Casal B\u00e9rtoa (eds.) Oxford: Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n

2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Expanding Deliberative Democracy Across Governance Levels: A Supralocal Case from Poland<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, Paulina, Joanna Podg\u00f3rska-Ryka\u0142a, Marta Hoffmann, and Ewa Zieli\u0144ska. 2025. Rocznik Integracji Europejskiej<\/i> 19: 7-27. <\/p>\n

Searching for Determinants of Support for Mini-Publics: Insights from a Polish Survey<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, Paulina. 2025. Polish Political Science Yearbook<\/em> 54(2): 69\u201390<\/p>\n

Youth Activism in Poland: Perceptions of Protest and Civic Engagement<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, Paulina & F\u00e9lix Krawatzek. 2025. eastern European Politics & Societies and Cultures<\/i>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0888325425134420<\/p>\n

Designing the Process of Random Selection of Citizens’ Assemblies<\/a><\/h4>\n

Gerwin, Marcin, Piotr Szuca, Nikodem Mro\u017cek, Grzegorz Kuriata, Paulina Pospieszna, and Alexander M. Geisler. 2025. “Designing the Process of Random Selection of Citizens’ Assemblies.” Journal of Sortition 1 (1): 48\u201359. <\/p>\n

Diverse roles and perceptions of public officials and NGOs in local citizens\u2019 assemblies \u2013 A comparative analysis of the cases of Poland and Hungary<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, Paulina, Magni Szymaniak-Arnesen, D\u00e1niel Oross & Gabriella Kiss. 2025. Local Government Studies<\/em> 1\u201322. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03003930.2025.2481390<\/p>\n

2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deliberative mini-publics as learning schools for democracy? Examining deliberation impact on dissatisfied and radical participants of a citizens\u2019 assembly in Poland <\/a><\/h4>\n

Paulis, Emilien & Paulina Pospieszna. 2024. Democratization<\/em> 1\u201324. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13510347.2024.2422508<\/p>\n

Innowacje Deliberatywne: Inspiracje dla praktyk\u00f3w i teoretyk\u00f3w<\/a><\/h4>\n

Joanna Podg\u00f3rska-Ryka\u0142a & Paulina Pospieszna. 2024. Wydawnictwo C.H.Beck. <\/span><\/p>\n

Forging Democracy in the Flames: Polish NGOs’ Strategies during the Full-Scale War in Ukraine<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, Paulina & Patrice McMahon. 2024. Communist and Post-communist Studies<\/em> 1\u201324. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1525\/cpcs.2024.2122433<\/p>\n

Democratic innovations as a response to shrinking public space<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, Paulina & Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves. 2024. In Activism in Hard Times in Central and Eastern Europe<\/i>. McMahon, Patrice C., Paula M. Pickering, and Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves (eds.) pp. 47-70. Routledge.<\/p>\n

2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comparing public attitudes towards internal and external EU sanctions: the role of populism, trust and Euroscepticism<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, Paulina, Micha\u0142 Onderco, Reinout van der Veer. East European Politics <\/em>40(2): 345-366. <\/p>\n

Pillarized Networks in a Polarized Civil Society: A Structure of Far-Right Networks in Poland<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, Paulina, Daniel P\u0142atek, Grzegorz Piotrowski, and Aleksandra Monkos. Nationalities Papers<\/em>, 1-16. doi:10.1017\/nps.2023.47 <\/p>\n

2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Building active youth in post-Soviet countries through civic education programmes: evidence from Poland<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, Paulina, Patrick Lown and Simone Dietrich. East European Politics<\/em>, 39:2, 321-344. <\/p>\n

A Road Towards Greater Visibility of Research Output in International Peer-Review Journals: Lessons from Poland<\/a><\/h4>\n

Skrzypczy\u0144ska, Joanna & Paulina Pospieszna. PS: Political Science & Politics, <\/em>55(3), 587-589. <\/p>\n

Cultural Liberal and Conservative Mobilizing Potential and Political Participation in Post-communist Countries<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, Paulina & Kate\u0159ina Vr\u00e1bl\u00edkov\u00e1. 2022. East European Politics and Societies<\/i>, 36<\/i>(4), 1422\u20131448 <\/p>\n

Responses of Polish NGOs Engaged in Democracy Promotion to Shrinking Civic Space<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, Paulina & Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves. 2022. Cambridge Review of International Affairs<\/em>, 35:4, 523-544. <\/p>\n

2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Democracy promotion in times of autocratization. The case of Poland, 1989\u20132019 <\/a><\/h4>\n

Petrova,Tsveta & Paulina Pospieszna. 2021. Post-Soviet Affairs <\/em>37 (6): 526-543. <\/p>\n

Polish Interest Groups Facing Democratic Backsliding<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, Paulina, and Agnieszka Vetulani\u2010Ce\u0328giel. 2021. Interest Groups & Advocacy<\/em> 10 :158\u2013180. <\/p>\n

2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Consensus against All Odds: Explaining the Persistence of EU Sanctions on Russia<\/a><\/h4>\n

Portela, Clara, Paulina Pospieszna, Joanna Skrzypczy\u0144ska and Dawid Walentek. 2020. Journal of European Integration<\/em> 43 (6): 683-699. <\/p>\n

Amplifying and Nullifying the Impact of Democratic Sanctions through Aid to Civil Society<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina, and Patrick Weber. 2020. International Interactions <\/em>46 (5): <\/span>724-748. <\/span> <\/p>\n

Understanding EU Sanctioning Behavior<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, Paulina, and Clara Portela. 2020. Przegl\u0105d Zachodni <\/em>1\/2020. <\/p>\n

Hitting Two Birds with One Stone: How Russian Countersanctions Intertwined Political and Economic Goals<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina, Joanna Skrzypczy\u0144ska, and Beata St\u0119pie\u0144, B. 2020. PS: Political Science & Politics <\/em>53(2): 243-247. <\/p>\n

Promoting Active Youth: Evidence from Polish NGO’s Civic Education Program in Eastern Europe<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina, Aleksandra Galus. 2020. Journal of International Relations & Development<\/em> 23: 210-236. <\/p>\n

2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Democracy Assistance Bypassing Governments in Recipient Countries: Supporting the \u201cNext Generation”<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina. 2019. Routledge: Democratization Studies.<\/p>\n

2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sankcje Unii Europejskiej wobec Rosji : proces decyzyjny, trwa\u0142o\u015b\u0107 i rola pa\u0144stw cz\u0142onkowskich
\n<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna , <\/em>Paulina. 2018 <\/span>Yearbook of European Integration<\/em> 12 :<\/span> 311-321. <\/p>\n

Liberation Technology’ or ‘Net Delusion’? Civic Activists’ Perceptions of Social Media as Opening Democratic Space Tool in Belarus and Ukraine <\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina, Aleksandra Galus. 2019. Europe-Asia Studies<\/em> 71 (10): 1664-1684.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Making Neighbourhood more Resilient through EU Democracy Promotion Efforts<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina. 2018. In: Security Beyond the State: The EU and the others<\/em>, Daniela Irrera and Claudia Morsut (red.) Barbara Budrich Publishers, s. 136-154, ISBN: 9783847420989. <\/p>\n

Wspieranie demokracji przez polskie organizacje pozarz\u0105dowe na Ukrainie: Aktywizacja spo\u0142eczno\u015bci lokalnej<\/a> [Polish NGOs\u2019 support for democracy in Ukraine: Activation of the local community<\/em>]<\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina. 2018. In: Aktywno\u015b\u0107 polityczna i jej przejawy we wsp\u00f3\u0142czesnych pa\u0144stwach<\/em>, Jakub Jakubowski, Beata Paj\u0105k-Patkowska (red.), Pozna\u0144, Wyd. Wydzia\u0142 Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza, ISBN 978-83-65817-29-7. <\/p>\n

2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Supporting new media in Ukraine through Polish Development Cooperation Program<\/a><\/h4>\n

Galus, Aleksandra, and Paulina Pospieszna. 2017. \u015arodkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne<\/em> 2, pp. 169-199. DOI 10.14746\/ssp.2017.2.9.<\/p>\n

Carrots or Sticks: The Choice and Impact of EU Democratic Sanctions and Aid<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina, and Patrick Weber. 2017. University of Gothenburg, V-Dem Institute, V-Dem Users Working Paper Series<\/em> 2017:10.<\/p>\n

Can laws and policies foster disaster risk reduction? The case study of Brazil with particular focus on housing laws, policies and programmes <\/a><\/h4>\n

Da Costa, Karen, Paulina Pospieszna. 2017. In: Planning for Community-based Disaster Resilience Worldwide: Learning from Case Studies in Six Continents, <\/em>Adenrele Awotona (red.) Ashgate Publishing Limited.<\/p>\n

Dispute or Mediator? The Selection and Effectiveness of Conflict Management in Civil Wars <\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina. Gerald Schneider. 2017. Przegl\u0105d Strategiczny<\/em> 10 DOI: 10.14746\/ps.2017.1.7 <\/p>\n

Civil War Mediation and Rebel Use of Violence Against Civilians<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina. Karl DeRouen. 2017 Armed Forces and Society <\/em>43 (3), pp. 500 – 522 DOI: 10.1177\/0095327X16647538. <\/p>\n

2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pomoc demokratyzacyjna polskich organizacji pozarz\u0105dowych skierowana do Bia\u0142orusi i Ukrainy: przes\u0142anki oraz r\u00f3\u017cne formy wsparcia<\/a> [Democracy assistance of Polish NGOs in Belarus and Ukraine: premises and various forms of support<\/em>]<\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina. 2016. \u201e\u015arodkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne<\/em> 3, s. 235-266. DOI 10.14746\/ssp.2016.3.11<\/p>\n

Wsp\u00f3\u0142praca rozwojowa w zakresie promowania dobrego rz\u0105dzenia i rozwoju demokracji przez kraje Grupy Wyszehradzkiej<\/a> [Development cooperation in the field of promoting good governance and democracy by the Visegrad Group countries<\/em>]<\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina. 2016. In: To\u017csamo\u015b\u0107 i Efektywno\u015b\u0107:<\/em> w poszukiwaniu mechanizm\u00f3w zr\u00f3wnowa\u017conego rozwoju<\/em>, Katarzyna Jarecka-St\u0119pie\u0144 i Aleksander Surdej (red.). Adam Marsza\u0142ek, Toru\u0144, s.89-110. <\/p>\n

Challenges in evaluating impact of sanctions \u2013 political vs economic perspective<\/a><\/h4>\n

St\u0119pie\u0144, Beata, Paulina Pospieszna, Joanna Skrzypczy\u0144ska. 2016. Przegl\u0105d Politologiczny <\/em>nr 4, s. 155-168, DOI : 10.14746\/pp.2016.21.4.12. <\/p>\n

2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Democracy Assistance and Women\u2019s Political Empowerment<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina. 2015. Democratization <\/em>22 (7) pp. 1250-1272<\/p>\n

20 years of the ICRC Code of Conduct for Disaster Relief: what do we need to improve?<\/a><\/h4>\n

Borovecki, Anna, J. Einarsd\u00f3ttir, D. O’Math\u00fana, P. Pospieszna, O.M. Stern, N.O. Teles, 2015. The Lancet<\/em> 385 (9976), s.1391 DOI: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/S0140-6736(15) 60710-3. <\/p>\n

Teaching Democracy and Active Citizenship through Citizenship Education: How do we know it works?<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina. 2015. In: International Conference Booklet Development and Democracy: Thinking Ahead of Sustainable Development<\/em>. Bratislava: Pontis Foundation, ISBN 978-80-971310-4-3. <\/p>\n

The Relationship between Human Rights and Disaster Risk Reduction Revisited: Bringing the Legal Perspective into the Discussion<\/a><\/h4>\n

Da Costa, Karen, Paulina Pospieszna. 2015. Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies<\/em> 6 (1): 64-86, DOI: 10.1163\/18781527-00601005. <\/p>\n

2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Democracy Assistance from the Third Wave: Polish Engagement in Belarus and Ukraine<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina. 2014. The University of Pittsburgh Press, Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies.<\/p>\n

Democracy Assistance Efforts of Young Donors from the Visegrad Group: In Search for Better Impact Evaluation Methods<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina. 2014. In: International Conference Booklet Development and Democracy Ecosystems in V4: the Role for Civil Society Organizations and Business Beyond 2015<\/em>, s. 121-128. Bratislava: Pontis Foundation, ISBN 978-80-971310-3-6.<\/p>\n

2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Illusion of \u2018Peace through Power Sharing\u2019: Constitutional Choice in the Shadow of Civil War<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina. Gerald Schneider. 2013. Civil Wars<\/em> 15 (1) pp. 44-70.<\/p>\n

Flying Blind? Evidence for good governance public management reform agendas, implementation and outcomes in low income countries<\/a><\/h4>\n

DeRouen, Karl, Shaun Goldfinch, Paulina Pospieszna. 2013. Public Administration and Development <\/em>33 (1), pp. 50\u201361<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introducing the Civil Wars Mediation (CWM) Dataset<\/a><\/h4>\n

DeRouen, Karl, Jacob Bercovitch, Paulina Pospieszna. 2011. Journal of Peace Research <\/em>48 (5): 663-672.<\/p>\n

2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Recipients Become Donors: Polish Democracy Assistance in Belarus and Ukraine<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina. 2010. Problems of Post-Communism<\/em> vol. 57 (4) pp. 3-15.<\/p>\n

New EU Member States Taking the Lead in Democracy Aid: The Polish Case<\/a><\/h4>\n

Pospieszna, <\/em>Paulina. 2010. In: The European Union’s Neighborhood Challenge. Transborder cooperation, migration and Europeanization<\/em>, Klaus Bachmann, El\u017cbieta Stadtmuller (red.), Wroclaw: Wroclaw University Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2026 Trust in Women\u2019s Civil Society Organizations in Central and Eastern Europe: Results From a Survey Experiment Pietrzyk-Reeves, Dorota, Pickering, Paula M., Pospieszna, Paulina, McMahon, Patrice, & Sundstrom, Lisa M. 2026. Problems of Post-Communism, 1\u201313. Institutionalizing Democratic Innovations in Poland: Mapping the Evolution of Citizens’ Assemblies through Rules of Procedure Pospieszna, Paulina, and Marta Hoffmann. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-443","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinapospieszna.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinapospieszna.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinapospieszna.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinapospieszna.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinapospieszna.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/paulinapospieszna.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":550,"href":"https:\/\/paulinapospieszna.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/443\/revisions\/550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinapospieszna.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}